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The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act

Tract addressed to the Massachusetts state legislature by Lydia Maria Child, against the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Includes testimonies and poetry against the Act. Digitized by the Gutenberg Project.

The link address is: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13989

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